Pledge and lease

Question

Question: Zayd pledged (rahn) some land to Bakr on the condition that the land revenue of the land would be paid by Bakr; and apart from this pledge Bakr gives Zayd some further money in addition; half of the produce of this land Bakr takes, and half of the produce Zayd takes. Now, if Zayd wants to take the land back from Bakr, on what condition and in what way can he take it? Just as you, respected sirs, were troubled concerning the above issue, an answer was likewise obtained from another mufti.

Answer

Answer (1) — from Madrasa Shams al-ʿUlum In the case asked about, conducting such a transaction is haram according to the Shariʿa. It is necessary for Muslims to abstain absolutely from dealing in interest and from interest-bearing transactions. What is set out in the question is also an interest-bearing transaction. The benefit that the pledgees (murtahin)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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